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B. W. TROOP.

BOUQUET HOLDER.

N0. 539,101. Patented May 14, 1 895.

WITNESSES VENFQR PATENT OFFICE.

EDNA w. TROOR'OF 'WINDSOR, oANADA.

, BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,101, dated May '14, 1 895.

Application filed May 31, 1894. Serial No. 513,074- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDNA W. TROOP, a citizen of the United.States, residing at Windsor, in the county of Essex and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Bouquet-Holder, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to an improvement in bouquet holders, and has for its object the provision of a bouquet or flower holder which can be cheaply made, easily attached to a garment and one which can be adjusted to hold different sized bouquets or large or small flowers; and the invention consists in the pecullar construction, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and then definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which show the preferable ways of carrying out my improvement, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modification.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letters, A represents a band to the back of which is secured in any convenient manner the means for fastening it to a garment, which preferably consists of asecuring arm B extending above and below said band A, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. This arm is preferably made rather longer than the length of a button-hole, and is inserted therein by turning said arm parallel to the length of the button-hole when it can be inserted through the latter, and when the holder is turned'at' right angles or in its normal position, the arm will firmly secure the holder in place. This band A is preferably made of a piece of spring metal and bent into an elliptical shape and its ends a a are provided with means for securing them together after the bouquet or flowers havebeen placed therein. The preferable means of securing said ends consist of a pin 0 projecting from one of the ends and adapted to enter any one of a series of holes 4 5 D in the other end. Of course, this method of fastening will be clearly understood from the drawings, and the adjustment of the holder will be equally well understood therefrom.

Projecting from the center of the band A is a pin E which is intended to hold the bouquet from slipping or working out of the band. This pin may be secured in'any desired way, such as riveting, soldering, &c., or it may, if preferred, be riveted in such a manner that its rear end projects through the arm B and is riveted thereto, thus securing the band, arm and pin together by one rivet, as the pin practically forms the rivet in such a construction.

I deem it important that securing arm B be rigidly secured directly to the back of the band A, inasmuch as the arm and band will then bear with friction on each side of the button-hole, and hence prevent the holder from turning in the button-hole.

Fig. 2 shows a modification of my holder, in which the holder is provided with a Wire fastening device very much like an ordinary safety pin.

From the above, it will be seen thatI have produced a bouquet or flower holder, that, while very cheap to manufacture, possesses many advantages over similar articles with which I am familiar, and one which is not likely to get out of order and which is therefore very durable.

What I claim as new is- I 1. In a bouquet holder, the combination of a metallic band A having a pin 0 on one of its ends and a series of openings in its other end, whereby it may be adjusted to receive difierent sized bouquets, and means for securing said band to a garment, substantially as described.

2. In a bouquet holder, the combination of a band A adapted to receive flowers, means at the back of said band for securing the same to a garment, and a pin projecting into the interior of the band, the rear end of said pin acting as a rivet to secure the band and securing means together, substantially as described.

EDNA W. TROOP. Witnesses:

G. YQUNGHUSBAND, E. I. SoULLY. 

